cullet

• Studies indicate every 10% increase in cullet component results in 17% reduction in carbon dioxide and 2. 5% reduction in electricity and natural gas. —  The Economic Times
• Gale Tedhams, director of sustainability for Owens Corning, said that using cullet from Ripple Glass fits in well with Owens Corning's strategy for creating sustainable products. —  San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal
• This broken glass is called "cullet," and is carefully swept into piles and kept in bins for use in the furnaces The sand, coloring matter, and cullet, when mixed in the proper proportions, form what is called in bottle-makers' talk the "batch" or "dope." —  How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers
• The sand, coloring matter and cullet are in separate bins; an electrical conveyor takes enough of each for a batch to a mixing machine; from there the batch goes on a long belt to the furnace. —  How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers
• But the way the system is currently set up, it's hard for us to get quality, clean cullet right now, "Johnston said.

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